Michael Stairs Memorial Concert
Featuring Ji Su Jung
award-winning percussionist
Courtesy of the Curtis Institute of Music
Friday, April 19
in Centennial Hall
Doors open at 7 p.m.
Performance starts at 7:30 p.m.
About the concert
The community is invited to the fifth annual Michael Stairs Memorial Concert, in honor of The Haverford School's legendary music teacher who passed in 2018. The Concert brings to campus a renowned musician to perform in Centennial Hall and spend time in a masterclass with Haverford music students. The event aims to celebrate music as an academic discipline, as well as a source of inspiration and joy.
The concert is free and open to the public, with a performance starting at 7:30 p.m.
About Ji Su Jung
The first percussionist to ever receive the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, Ji Su Jung has a distinctive musical voice that is instantly recognizable for its depth and lyricism. She has performed concertos with such leading orchestras and conductors as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with Marin Alsop, the Houston Symphony with Daniel Hege, the Aspen Festival Orchestra with Michael Stern, the Colorado Symphony and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra with Peter Oundjian, and the Colorado Springs Philharmonic with JoAnn Falletta. Highlights of Jung’s 2023-24 season include concerto appearances with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the Sarasota Orchestra, and the Wyoming Symphony.
View Ji Su Jung's Marimba Performance on Vic Firth Studio Sessions
The Lecture Series
The Michael Stairs Memorial Concert brings a renowned musician to perform and spend time in a master class with Haverford students. The event aims to celebrate music as an academic discipline as well as a source of inspiration and joy.
The Michael Stairs Memorial Concert Fund
Established in 2018 by alumni, parents, and friends, the Michael Stairs Memorial Concert Fund honors Stairs' service to Haverford as an outstanding music teacher and director of the Glee Club and the Notables from 1986-2012. An accomplished organist, Stairs played for Bryn Mawr's Church of the Redeemer, the Wanamaker Grand Court at Macy's, and was appointed as organist of the Philadelphia Orchestra by Riccardo Muti in 1985. This fund is overseen by the Chair of the Performing Arts Department and supports an annual concert by a performer or composer who evokes the inspiration and admiration of students, just as Stairs did.
Support
If you are interested in learning more about this concert or making a pledge or gift to the Michael Stairs Memorial Concert Fund, please contact Stephanie DiSesa.